Vapor-burner



Patented Sept. 6, |898.

H. F. SMITH.

VAPOR BURNER.

(Application filed July 19, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES trios.

ATENT VAPOR-BU RNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of' Letters Patent No. 610,334, dated september 6,1898. Appiiaion filed July 19,1897. serial No. 645,042. ci@ autel.)

.To all whom zit may concern.-

Beit known that I, HARPER F. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city` and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vapor-Burners, which improve-A ment is fully set forth in the following speciiication and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of improvements in a vapor-burner embodying a reservoir for the resultant vapor and novel means for effect-y ively heating the necessary parts to eect the volatilization of the oil or hydrocarbon fluid, the parts embracing the invention being hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims that follow the specification.

Figure l represents a side elevation of avapor-burner embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section thereof. Figs. 3 and 4. represent top or plan views of detached portions thereof. Fig. 5 represents a top or plan view of a modification of the part shown in Fig. 3. Figs. 6, 7, and 8 represent vertical sections of other forms of my invention. Fig. 9 represents a vertical section of al detached portion. n

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings,A designates the supply-pipe of a vapor-burner,connected with which-is the vapor-tube B.

C designates the valve-chamber, which-is in communication with said tube B and contains the pin-valve D, above which is the gas-tube E, into which gas is admitted from the chamber C and into which air is admitted through the opening or inlet F between the said tube and chamber.

G designates a reservoir which is connected with the tube E and rises therefrom, the bottom of said reservoir abutting against the shoulder H on said tube E. In the side of the tube above the bottom of the reservoir are the outlet-ports J, which direct the gas from said tube into said reservoir. In the tube E below the bottom of the reservoir are the ports K for the escape of some of the gas. from the tube E beneath said reservoir.

Surrounding the bottom of the reservoir and connected with the tube E is the sleeve L, a portion of which conjoins the upper wall of the supply-pipe A. In the sides of the rim M arepassages N for the ad mission of air into the sleeve L; but', if desired, said rim may be continuous,as in Fig. 5,and openings P formed in the base of. said sleeve for the same pur pose as said passage N.

The reservoir G is lprovided with the tip Q,

lbelow which isY the collar R for the iiame of allel with the slit of said tip, so as to regulate the spread ofthe flame of the burner.

f Below the collar R or directly below the tip when said collar is not employed is the hood S, which is of inverteddis'hing form and serves to prevent drafts from reaching the flame or disturbing the saine.

' It will be seen that the burner is primarily heated, as usual in such cases, so as to cause sufiicient volatilization of the oil or hydrocarbon fluid to start the burner, which being accomplished it will be noticed that said oil or `ii uid enters the tube A,which is heated by the burning gas in the sleeve L, the vapor thenv passingthrough the tube B into the valveychamber and entering the tube E, where it .receives a volume of air, the resultant gas being highly iniiammable and possessing fine illuminating qualities.

In Fig. 6 I showin lieuof the sleeve L of the previous figures the' plate T on the tube E below the 'reservoir G and the rim U,which is interiorly screw-threaded and engages with screw-threads onA the side of said reservoir G, thus retaining said rim in position and adapting it to be vertically adjustable. The portion V of said rim which is located above the supply-pipe A extends obliquely downwardly and outwardly or is flaring or directed against said pipe A, so as to heat the same for primarily vaporizing and volatilizing the oil or iiuid supplied to said pipe A.

In Fig. 7 the bottom of the reservoir Gis provided with ports V, and the rim U, which IOO is screwed to the reservoir G, has an oblique or conical deflector W encircling said rim U, it being evident that the gas employed for heating the pipe Aleaves the reservoir G and passes through the ports V into the space within the rim U, and while heating lthe base of the reservoir also heats the pipe A and the plate T, the flame also passing around the deflector W and reaching the side of the reservoir G, against which it impinges, thus effectively heating said reservoir.

In Figs.` 6, 7, and 8 the plate T and rim U serve the purpose of sleeve L and iiange M, Figs. l and 2; but in Fig. 7 gas is admitted into said rim U indirectly from the pipe E through the ports V in the base of the reservoir G and the ports J in'the pipe E, while in the other figures Vthe gas for the same purpose directly leaves the pipe E through the ports K, Figs. l, 2, and G, or the portsv Z, Fig. 8, without producing different results.

In Fig. 9 I show the rim U with openings or ports X in its side for admitting air into said rim, the same uniting with the gas that enters said rim and increasing the heating qualities thereof.

In Fig. 2 there is connected with the upper end of the tube E,within the reservoir G, the cone-shaped deliector Y, the same serving to cause a convergence of the streams of gas entering the reservoir G through the ports J of the tube E.

In Fig. 3 the gas-discharge ports Z extend obliquelyinstead of horizontally or vertically, as in the other figures.

In Fig. '7 the conical or flaring dei'lector W also acts as a guard similar io the hood S for preventing drafts from reaching the flame.

By the side of the ports K are the upright plates L', `which act as guards or protectors for the iiame from said ports, preventing improper spreading thereof and extinguishing of the same by blasts or drafts of air.

The dishing collar R is thicker around the tip Q than at its extremity, by whichcprovision said collar acts as a superheater of the gas which is impinged against the same.

Having thus ,described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A vapor-burner having a supply-pipe with a vapor-tube, a valve-chamber with a pin-valve, a gas-tube directly over said valvechamber with an air-inlet at its lower end, a reservoir surrounding said gas-tube, asleeve surrounding the base of said reservoir, Vand a tip on said reservoir, said Agas-tube having ports in its sides leading into said reservoir andfother ports leading into the space within said sleeve below said reservoir.

2. A vapor-burner having` a supply-pipe with a vapor-tube, a communicating valvechamber with ank adjustable valve therein, a gas-tube directly over the outlet of said valvechamber and provided with anair-inlet at its lower end, a reservoir surrounding said gastube, and provided with a tip, a sleeve surrounding the base of said reservoir forming a chamber having a bottom adjacent said supply-pipe, and a collar below said tip, said gastube having ports communicating respectively with said reservoir and with the cham ber within said sleeve.

3. In a vapor-burner, a vapor-tube with a supply-pipe and a valve-chamber with a valve, a gas-tube with an air-inlet at its lower end, a reservoir into which said tube discharges, and a sleeve surrounding the base of said reservoir, said gas-tube having a closed top and provided with ports below the base of said reservoir leading into the space within said sleeve. f

4.. A vapor-burner having la vapor-tube with an inlet-pipe and a valve-chamber with a valve, a gas-tube in communication with the outlet of said valve-chamber, a gas-reservoir surrounding and in communication with said gas-tube by ports in the sides of the latter, a sleeve surrounding the base of said reservoir and having openings in its rim, and upright plates by the side of said gas-tube.

5. A gas-generator with a gas-tube having small ports therein, a protecting plate or disk attached to and surrounding said tube, a rim attached to said plate or disk, upright plates on said plate or disk, a supply-pipe, avaportube, an air-chamber and a pin-valve also attached in combination therewith.

6. In a gas-burner, a supply-pipe, a vaportube and a valve, a gas-tube, a reservoir, a sleeve surrounding the base of said reservoir, said gas-tube having a closed top and 'provided with ports below the same leadinginto said reservoir, whereby gas enters the latter, said sleeve being also in communication with said tube, whereby it'may also receive gas from said tube.

7. A gas-burner, a gas-pipe, a reservoir surrounding the same, and having a tip above said pipe, ports in said pipe forming a communication between said reservoir and pipe, and a converging deflector closing the top of said pipe within said reservoir.

8. A gas-pipe, a reservoirsurrounding the same, and in communication therewith, a sleeve around the base also in communication with said pipe, a hood on the upper part of said reservoir, a tip on the latter and a collar on said tip above said hood.

HARPER F. SllfIITH.

Vitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. C. WiEDERsHEIM.

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